Fencing.



No. 741,216` PATENTED 00T. 1s, 19037 J. BERRY.

PBNGING. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1902 J. renale.

UNTTED STATES Patented october 13,` 19o3 vJAMES W. BERRY, OF IOWA CITY, IOWA.

F E N C N G.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,216, dated' October 13, 1903.

Application led August 22, 1902. Serial No. 120.663. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES W. BERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iowa Oity, in the county of Johnson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Fencing, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to fencing, more particularly to the class known as woven-wire fencing, and has for its objectthe production o f a fencing which may be cheaply constructed and be of ample strength and yieldable, so that it will adapt itself preferably to irregularities of the ground without buckling or showing wave-lines; and the invention consists in a fencing formed of spaced strandwires connected by mesh wires reversely looped to the strand-wires and movable longitudinally thereon, whereby the fencing is rendered flexible, so that it will adapt itself to the irregularities of the ground.

Other novel features of the invention will appear in the following description and be specified in the claim.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure l is a side elevation of a section of the improved fencing. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail illustrating a modification in the construction of the yieldable joint between the strand wires and loops or meshwires. Fig. S'represents a side elevation of an enlarged detail showing the upper meshwire and the line-wire in full lines and the lower mesh-wire in dotted lines, the crimp being clearly shown. Fig. 4 represents an enlarged detail view of the form shown in Fig. 2, the line-wire being shown in section and one mesh-wire only being shown.

In this fencing is comprised a plurality of spaced strand-wires 10, preferably horizontal or disposed substantially parallel to the ground, and -reversely-disposed mesh wires 11, the latter looped at intervals loosely about the strand wires from opposite sides, as shown, so that when arranged in series the mesh-wires form diagonal strands with relation to the horizontal strand-wires, and are yieldably coupled to the strand wire and movable longitudinally thereon, so that the .panels of fencing when connected to the posts will readily conform to the ground (indicated at 13) no matter how irregular the latter may be.

For the purpose of illustration the ground is shown irregular in outline to illustrate the adaptability of the fence to the varied surfaces of the ground over which it will be placed.

Each section of the mesh-wire ll is looped alternately back and forth between adjacent pairs of the strand-wires, as shown, and the sections are reversely looped about each other and the intermediate strand-wire at their meeting points at 14, as shown.

In constructing the fence the meshwires will bein reversely diagonally disposed bends and looped from opposite sides around the strand wires, thus forming a very strong complete fence which will yield vertically, as above noted, to cause it to conform to the irregularities of the ground over which it is erected, as the loops between the strandwires and mesh-wires permit the mesh-wires tomove upon the strand-wires, as will be understood. y

At suitable intervals the strand-wires may `be reinforced bythe insertion of one or more cable wires 17 the cable Wires replacing an equal number of the ordinary strand-wires, the cable-wires being formed by twisting two or more of the strand-wires together, as shown. The upper strand-wire 10 may likewise be re* placed by one of the cable-wires, or an additional strand-wire may be employed at this point, as shown in Fig. l, to strengthen the upper edge of the fence. These modifications, however, will not be a departure from the principle of the invention, as the results produced are not modified by their presence.

The diagonal mesh-wires will be looped around the cable-wires in the same manner as around the ordinary strand-wires, as shown, and the yieldableness of the fence is not affected by their presence. These extra cablestrands may be added at as frequent points as required, but for the purpose of illustration they are shown inserted at every fourth strand-wire; but I do not wishto be limited in any manner to the number employed, as they may be inserted as often as required or left out altogether,as they are not required in some forms of fencing.

In Fig. 2 a slight modification in the construction is shown,consisting in crimping the mesh-wires 1l together, as at 18, in close ICO proximity to the strand-wires 10, which while not interfering in any manner with the flexibility of the fence or with its ability to readily yield to the inequalities of the ground will, nevertheless,materiallylstrengthenand stiffen it. In this form the loops do not pass through each other, as in Fig. l, but are crimped, as at 18, the end of one loop engaging the crimp of vthe adjacent loop, the strand-wire passing through said loops.

l/Vhen the fencing is detached from the posts,it may be readily rolled for convenience of transportation.

The gage of Wire employed may be varied to any desired extent, and the fence thus constructed of any required strength.

The strand- Wires and the coacting mesh- Wires may be spaced any desired distance to increase or decrease the area of the openings between the meshes to adapt the fence to the different purposes for which this class of fence is usually employed.

l/Vhen employed for an ordinary field-fence or pasture -fence, the meshes may be very much larger than when employed for fencing poultry-yards and for similar purposes, and it will be readily understood that the improvement is readily adaptable to all of these various purposes and uses. By this arrangement of fencing the strand -wires may be placed at irregularintervals,if required,with out aifecting the mesh-wires,which will readily adapt them selves to this modication. By this means the mesh may be woven finer near the lower part of the fence when employed to guard inclosures containing smaller animals and fowls and is an important feature of the invention and adds materially to the usefulnessand efficiency of the device.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- A wire fencing consisting of spaced strand- Wires having mesh-wires reversely looped thereon ,with the loops crimped upon opposite sides of the strand-wires and movable thereon, the looped end of one mesh-wire engaging the crimp of the adjacent reversely-looped mesh-wire.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES VERRY.

Witnesses:

Trios. BRENNAN,y

JAMES BRENNAN. 

